Sprague, W. B.; editor - The Chronicle of the Early American Industries Association. Volume I. September, 1936. Number 19 New York: Early American Industries Association, 1936. 1936. New York: Early American Industries Association, 1936. 1936. Very good. - Quarto [12 inches high by 9 inches wide], printed self-wraps. Pages 19/1- 19/8. Black-and-white illustrations. There is a horizontal crease to each leaf where the newsletter has been folded. Very good. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 9.5 | £UK 8 | JP¥ 1530] Book number 16706The stated purpose of the Early American Industries Association is "to encourage the study and better understanding of early American industry, in the home, in the shop, on the farm, and on the sea, and especially to discover, identify, classify, preserve and exhibit obsolete tools, implements, utensils, instruments, vehicles, appliances and mechanical devices used by American craftsmen, farmers, housewives, mariners, professional men and other workers". Among the contents of this issue of the association's newsletter are articles on Cardan's lamp, carved "house blessings", butterfly hinges, file making [continued in the following issue], and the first of a series of instalments on farm implements of the 18th-century. Very good . is offered by:
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